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GEORGE W. KING, OF SGHOHARIE, NEW YO BK. Letters Patent No. 70,004, dated October 2'2, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN;

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. KING, of Sehoharie, in the county of Sehoharie, and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use, a certain" new and useful Improvement in Horse-Rakes; and I do hereby declarethe following to-be-a full, clear. and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to the annexed'drawing, making part of thisspccifieation, wherein- Figure 1 is'a plan of the said machine.

' Figure 2 is a side view, seetionally at x a, ofthe same, in the position for use in raking.

Figure 3 isa similar view in position for ddmping the hay by revolving over the same, and

Figure 4 isa side view, with the rake elevated forgoing to the field.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

, I employ links between the revolving rake and the axle, and connect the shafts to such links, and I combine therewith a. seat-rider, hinged to the axle, and sliding at the front end in loops on the shafts, so as to allow for the increased distance between the shafts and axle, when the links are raised for revolving the rake; and I make use of an elevating-lever, and a dumping-spring that presses down the teeth as the rake is raised, and

which spring yields as therake-teeth pass, and catches over them again.

In the drawing, a is the axle, b the wheels, one of which is represented as removed in figs-2, 3, and 4. c, c, and c are links,conneeted at their upper and back ends to the axle a by straps surrounding the same, and forming a hinge that allows the links to turn on the axle. At their lower and forward ends these links 0, c, and 0 receive the head e of the revolving rake. f are the shafts, hinged at 1 to the links 0, so that the pull of the horse tends slightly to lift said rake. g is the scat-rider, formed of two bars, hinged at 2 to the axle a, and carrying the'seat h, and at their front said seat-rider bars slide through loops 1" on the cross-piece of the shaftsf. k is a lever on a shaft, Z, with a chain, 3, to the link a, by means of which'therake can be elevated, as seen in fig. 4, for going to the field, and the turn-button or catch 4 holds the lever down. The shaft 1 is the fulcrum of a lever, m, connected by a link, 11, to the handle 0,..and 1) is an arm from the shaft l to a link, q, that connects with the dumping-lever r on a fulcrum 5, on the link 0. Thislevcr r extends back as a treadle, s, and forward is formed with the dumping-spring or springs t that are adapted to take over the teeth of the rake. u is a chain, from the end of the arm 12 to the link 0'.

It willnow be seen that when the driver pulls the handle 0 towards him the chain at raises the rake, and that the dumping-spring t presses down the forward ends of the rake-teeth simultaneously, causing said rake to revolve over and leave its load, and in the rake-teeth passing down the side ofthe dumping-springs 1, they yield, and afterwards pass again over the teeth, so that their lower ends are in a position, to again not on the teeth, as seen in the detached Figure 5. i i

What I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The links 0 c, hinged to the axle a, and receiving the rake-head e, incombination with the shaftsfand sliding seat-rider g, substantially as set forth. l I

2. The arrangement of the lever r, dumping-spring t, treadle s, levers m, p, and 0, and chainu, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. I i

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this first day of June, A. D. 1867.

GEO. W. KING- Witnesses:

Gnas. H. SMITH, Gno. D. WALKER. 

